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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For those of you that want retakes—what should they be valued at?  Full credit? Partial credit? Up to a 75%?  What is the cut off grade for students to take a retake?  [/quote]

I think that depends on the grade level.
Because in high school, the reality is that the grade *is* a competition on some level.  So I can totally understand how it's not fair for a retake to get the same credit as an initial test.  And I understand the angst about retakes in high school in general.

But in elementary and middle school, grades aren't a competition (or shouldn't be!)  They are a tool to communicate between the school and parents, and a tool for teachers to get insight into what the child did and didn't know.  
In our district, K and 1st is on a "mastery" grading scale.  So your grade is whatever you know at the end of the quarter.  If you get a ton of Cs and Ds, but then something "clicks" the last week of the quarter, then your final grade could still be an A.  
I'd be totally OK with that method expanded up throughout elementary school.  I want to know what my kid knows and what they're struggling with.  I couldn't possibly care less what little Suzy's grade is.[/quote]

I don’t think most are taking about retakes in K or 1st grade though...[/quote]

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